Quick-Assembling Bottle Carrier

ABSTRACT

A folding wine bottle carrier consisting of a body blank and a lid blank is disclosed. The body blank includes a plurality of body sides being hinged along a plurality of body side fold lines, aw well as an auto-locking bottom having a plurality of bottom flaps, each corresponding to one of the body sides. As disclosed, the body blank is capable of being folded into a substantially flat form, and of being erected into a body form by applying a force to opposing sides. The disclosed body blank maintains an assembled form while carrying a wine bottle, and otherwise returns to a substantially flat form. The lid blank similarly includes a plurality of lid sides. The disclosed lid blank is capable of being substantially flat, and of being erected into a lid form and enclosing the lid by folding the lid sides inward.

FIELD

The present invention relates generally to bottle carriers. Morespecifically, the invention pertains to a semi-rigid bottle carrierblank that can be quickly erected into a carrier body and a semi-rigidblank that can be quickly erected into a carrier lid, both processesrequiring minimal steps and low complexity.

BACKGROUND

A bottle carrier is essential to packaging a bottle by a manufacturer, aretailer, a shipping company, and, ultimately, a customer. This isparticularly true in the wine industry, in which manufacturers,retailers, and customers need to quickly and efficiently assemble bottlecarriers for shipping or packaging wine bottles. The need for quickassembly is particularly true when large quantities of bottles need tobe packaged into carriers. Frequently, wine bottles are given as gifts,so it is desirable to quickly and efficiently adorn the bottle carrierwith ornamentation, such as a bow.

Conventional bottle carriers suffer from excessive cost and complexity.Some conventional bottle carriers are assembled by hand, guided bycomplicated instructions, and relying on scissors, glue, tape, and/orscissors. Some conventional bottle carrier blanks include a large numberof flaps, tabs, and side sections that need to be folded in a particularorder along large number of fold lines. Such conventional carriersfrequently require application of tape or glue to enclose the carrier.Such a conventional assembly process is time-consuming insofar as itrequires lots of steps to erect the carrier, it is expensive insofar asit requires glue or tape to enclose the carrier, and it is complicatedinsofar as it requires a particular sequence of folds.

Thus, what is needed is a solution for providing a quick-assemblingbottle carrier that does not suffer from the shortcomings ofconventional solutions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various embodiments or examples are disclosed in the following detaileddescription and the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary blank for folding into a wine bottlecarrier body;

FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary folded wine bottlecarrier body;

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary blank for folding into a wine bottlecarrier lid;

FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary folded wine bottlecarrier lid;

FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary process of erecting a wine bottlecarrier from an exemplary wine bottle carrier body blank;

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary process of erecting a wine bottlecarrier lid from an exemplary wine bottle carrier lid blank;

FIG. 7 illustrates a bottom view of an exemplary erected wine bottlecarrier; and

FIG. 8 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary wine bottlecarrier body and lid.

FIG. 9 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary wine bottlecarrier body capable of being with a tall lid to create a space insidethe carrier body to accommodate an aesthetic adornment or functionalaccessory in addition to the wine bottle.

FIG. 10 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary wine bottlecarrier tall enough to accommodate a wine bottle as well as an aestheticadornment or functional accessory.

FIG. 11 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary wine bottlecarrier fitted with an extender and tall enough to accommodate a winebottle as well as an aesthetic adornment or functional accessory.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various embodiments or examples may be implemented in numerous ways,including as a system, a process, or an apparatus. In general,operations of disclosed processes may be performed in an arbitraryorder.

A detailed description of one or more examples is provided below alongwith accompanying figures. The detailed description is provided inconnection with such examples, but is not limited to any particularexample. The scope is limited only by the claims and numerousalternatives, modifications, and equivalents are encompassed. Numerousspecific details are set forth in the following description in order toprovide a thorough understanding. These details are provided for thepurpose of example and the described techniques may be practicedaccording to the claims without some or all of these specific details,For clarity, technical material that is known in the technical fieldsrelated to the examples has not been described in detail to avoidunnecessarily obscuring the description.

FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary blank for folding into a wine bottlecarrier body. Here, carrier body blank 100 includes carrier body backside 102, carrier body left side 104, carrier body front side 106,carrier body right side 108, tab 110 for attaching back side to rightside, adhesive 111, back bottom tab 112, front bottom tab 114, leftbottom tab 116, adhesive 117, right bottom tab 118, adhesive 119,back-tab folding line 120, back-left folding line 122, left-frontfolding line 124, front-right folding line 126, bottom edge folding line128, back bottom tab folding line 130, front bottom tab folding line132, hole for handle 134, hole for handle 136, and flexible handle 138.

FIG. 1 shows wine bottle 150 as a guide to the required sizing ofcarrier body back side 102, carrier body left side 104, carrier bodyfront side 106, and carrier body right side 108, which, together, needto be large enough to accommodate wine bottle 150 when the carrier bodyis in final form. in some examples, carrier body back side 102, carrierbody left side 104, carrier body front side 106, and carrier body rightside 108 may have substantially equal widths, such that, when folded,wine bottle carrier body will have a substantially square cross section.Wine bottle 150 can be any one of a standard 740 ml bottle, a halfbottle (375 ml), a split bottle (187 ml), a magnum bottle (1.5 L), aMarie-Jeanne bottle (2.25 L), a double-magnum bottle (3.0 L), a Jeroboambottle (5.0 L), an imperial bottle (6.0 L), a Salmanazar bottle (9.04 aBalthazar bottle (12.0 L), a

Nebuchadnezzar bottle (15.0 L), or a Melchior bottle (18.0 L), withoutlimitation.

Carrier body blank 100 may be made of any of a variety of commonsemi-rigid materials. In some examples, blank 100 and the elementscontained in blank 100, including sides 102, 104, 106, and 108, and tabs112, 114, 116, and 118 may be made of commonly used materials such aswood including plywood, cardboard including corrugated cardboard,expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid and semi-rigidplastics including corrugated plastic board and the like, withoutlimitation.

In operation, adhesive 111 can be used to substantially fixedly attachcarrier body back side 102 to carrier body right side 108. With bodyback side and body right side so attached, an end user will not need toapply any glue or tape when erecting the carrier. After beingmanufactured, blank 100 is capable of being folded into a flat form,with body back side 102 touching body right side 108, and body left side104 touching body front side 106.

Likewise, in some examples, adhesive 117 can fixedly attach back bottomtab 112 to left bottom tab 116, and adhesive 119 can fixedly attachfront bottom tab 114 to right bottom tab 118. As farther described belowwith respect to FIG. 5, bottom flaps 112, 114, 116, and 118, soattached, define an at king bottom in which the bottom flaps canautomatically interlock to enclose the bottom of the bottle carrier whena force is applied to the sides of the flat blank 100.

Carrier body blank 100 may optionally be fitted with elements relate toand improve the functionality of the wine carrier. For example, acushioning material may be affixed to any one or more of body back side102, body left side 104, body front side 106, and body right side 108 toprotect a wine bottle housed in the wine bottle carrier. As a furtherexample, a rubber-like material may be affixed to any one or more ofbody back side 102, body left side 104, body front side 106, and bodyright side 108 to prevent excessive sliding of a wine bottle housed inthe wine bottle carrier. As a further example, a pouch, an envelope, orother small housing may be affixed on the interior or exterior of anyone or more of body back side 102, body left side 104, body front side106, and body right side 108 to allow wine accessories to be housedinside or outside the wine bottle carrier. Such wine accessories mayinclude, for example, a wine glass, a foil cutter, a corkscrew, and acork, without limitation.

FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary folded wine bottlecarrier body. Folded carrier body 200 includes carrier back side 202,carrier left side 204, carrier front side 206, carrier right side 208,back-left fold line 220, left-front fold line 222, front-right fold line224, right-back fold line 226, hole 234, hole 236, and flexible handle238.

Wine bottle carrier body 200 may be made of any of a variety of commonsemi-rigid materials. In some examples, carrier back side 202, carrierleft side 204, carrier front side 206, carrier right side 208 may havesubstantially equal widths, such that folded carrier body 200 will havea substantially square cross section. In some examples, bottle carrierbody 200 and the elements contained in it, including sides 202, 204,206, and 208 may be made of commonly used materials such as woodincluding plywood, cardboard including corrugated cardboard, expandedpolystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid and semi-rigid plasticsincluding corrugated plastic board and the like, without limitation.

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary blank for folding into a wine bottlecarrier lid. Here, wine bottle carrier lid blank 300 includes carrierlid left side 302, carrier lid back side 304, carrier lid right side306, carrier lid front side 308, carrier lid glue tab 310, adhesive 311,carrier lid left tab 312, carrier lid right tab 314, carrier lid backtab 316, carrier lid insertion tab 318, carrier lid insertion tab foldline 320, carrier lid tab fold line 322, carrier lid left-back fold line324, carrier lid back-right fold line 326, carrier lid right-front foldline 328, carrier lid glue tab fold line 330, and ornament 340.

Blank 300 may be made of any of a variety of common semi-rigidmaterials. In some examples, carrier lid left side 302, carrier lid backside 304, carrier lid right side 306, carrier lid front side 308 mayhave substantially equal widths. In some examples, blank 300 and theelements contained in blank 300, including sides 302, 304, 306, and 308,and tabs 312, 314, 316, and 318 may be made of commonly used materialssuch as wood including plywood, cardboard including corrugatedcardboard, expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid andsemi-rigid plastics including corrugated plastic board and the like,without limitation.

FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary erected winebottle carrier lid. Here, exemplary erected wine bottle carrier lid 400consists of carrier lid left side 402, carrier lid back side 404,carrier lid right side 406, carrier lid front side 408, carrier lid gluetab 410, carrier lid left tab 412, carrier lid right tab 414, carrierlid back tab 416, carrier lid insert tab 418, carrier lid left-back foldline 424, carrier lid back-right fold line 426, carrier lid right-frontfold tine 428, carrier lid glue tab fold line 430, and ornament 440.

Exemplary erected wine bottle carrier lid 400 may be made of any of avariety of common semi-rigid materials. In some examples, carrier lidleft side 402, carrier lid back side 404, carrier lid right side 406,carrier lid front side 408 may have substantially equal widths, suchthat wine bottle carrier lid 400 will have a substantially square crosssection. In some examples, exemplary erected wine bottle carrier lid 400and the elements contained in it, including sides 402, 404, 406, and408, and tabs 412, 414, 416, and 418 may be made of commonly usedmaterials such as wood including plywood, cardboard including corrugatedcardboard, expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid andsemi-rigid plastics including corrugated plastic board and the like,without limitation.

FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary process of erecting a wine bottlecarrier body from an exemplary wine bottle carrier body blank. Here,wine bottle carrier body blank 500 is shown, carrier body back side502., carrier body left side 504, and auto-locking bottom 530, which isidentified in sequential positions as 530A, 530B, and 530C. The processof erecting the carrier begins with wine bottle carrier body blank 500in a substantially flat form 500A. Next, hands 591 and 592, for example,exert a force on each side of the flat body blank, thereby unfolding thebody blank to assume the intermediate form 500B, with the auto-lockingbottom assuming intermediate position 540B, in which the bottom flaps512, 514, 516, and 518 are about to slide over each other to interlock.Human hands are not the only means by which to apply a force to thesides of the blank; and the disclosed embodiments are not so limited.Finally, upon further application of force to its sides, carrier bodyblank 500 assumes its final form 500C. In this final form, theauto-locking bottom, designated as 540C, encloses the bottom of the winebottle carrier.

In operation, upon placing a wine bottle inside a wine carrier body inits erected form 500C, the weight of the wine bottle on the bottom ofthe wine carrier may serve to keep the auto-locking bottom substantiallylocked in a substantially horizontal form. In some examples, uponremoving the wine bottle from the wine carrier, elastic qualities of thebody sides will tend to urge the auto-locking bottom back intosubstantially horizontal form. Optionally, in order to promote a quickerreturn to flat form, a spring component can be built between opposingsides of the wine carrier blank, and serving to urge the bottom flapsinto a substantially horizontal form if the wine bottle is removed fromthe wine carrier.

Exemplary wine bottle carrier body blank 500 and exemplary erected winebottle carrier body 501 may be made of any of a variety of commonsemi-rigid materials. In some examples, exemplary wine bottle carrierbody blank 500, exemplary erected wine bottle carrier body 501, and theelements contained in them, including sides 502, 504, 506, and 508 (notshown), and tabs 512, 514, 516, and 518 may be made of commonly usedmaterials such as wood including plywood, cardboard including corrugatedcardboard, expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid andsemi-rigid plastics including corrugated plastic board and the like,without limitation.

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary process of erecting a wine bottlecarrier lid from an exemplary wine bottle carrier lid blank. Here, theprocess begins with the wine bottle carrier lid blank in a substantiallyflat form 600. Next, hands 651 and 652 exert a force on each side of theflat carrier lid blank 600, which causes the wine bottle carrier lid toassume an unfolded format 601. Unfolded format wine bottle carrier lid601 includes carrier lid left side 602, carrier lid back side 604,carrier lid right side 606, carrier lid front side 608, carrier lid gluetab 610, carrier lid left tab 612, carrier lid right tab 614, carrierlid back tab 616, carrier lid insert tab 618, carrier lid left-back foldline 624, carrier lid back-right fold line 626, carrier lid right-frontfold line 628, carrier lid glue tab fold line 630, and ornament 640.

Exemplary wine bottle carrier lid blank 600 and exemplary erected winebottle carrier lid 601 may be made of any of a variety of commonsemi-rigid materials. In some examples, exemplary wine bottle carrierlid blank 600, exemplary erected wine bottle carrier lid 601, and theelements contained in them, including sides 602, 604, 606, and 608, andtabs 612, 614, 616, and 618 may be made of commonly used materials suchas wood including plywood, cardboard including corrugated cardboard,expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid and semi-rigidplastics including corrugated plastic board and the like, withoutlimitation,

FIG. 7 illustrates a bottom view of an exemplary erected wine bottlecarrier body. Here, erected wine bottle carrier 700 body consists ofcarrier body left tab 712, carrier body right tab 714, carrier body backtab 716, and carrier body front tab 718.

Exemplary wine bottle carrier body 700 may be made of any of a varietyof common semi-rigid materials. In some examples, exemplary wine bottlecarrier body 700 and the elements contained in it, including tabs 712,714, 716, and 718 may be made of commonly used materials such as woodincluding plywood, cardboard including corrugated cardboard, expandedpolystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid and semi-rigid plasticsincluding corrugated plastic board and the like, without limitation,

FIG. 8 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary wine bottlecarrier body and lid. Here, assembled wine bottle carrier 800 includescarrier body left side 802, carrier body back side 804, flexible handle838, and ornament 840.

Exemplary wine bottle carrier body 800 may be made of any of a varietyof common semi-rigid materials. In some examples, exemplary wine bottlecarrier body and lid 800 and the elements contained in it, includingsides 802 and 804, sides 806 (not shown) and 808 (not shown), and tabs(not shown) 812, 814, 816, and 818 may be made of commonly usedmaterials such as wood including plywood, cardboard including corrugatedcardboard, expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid andsemi-rigid plastics including corrugated plastic board and the like,without limitation.

FIG. 9 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary wine bottlecarrier body capable of being with a tall lid to create a space insidethe carrier body to accommodate an aesthetic adornment or functionalaccessory in addition to the wine bottle. Here, wine bottle carrier 900includes carrier body 901, carrier lid 951, and extender 970.

Here, wine bottle carrier body 901 is similar to wine bottle carrierbody 200 (FIG. 2) and includes carrier body back side 902, carrier bodyleft side 904, carrier body right side 906, carrier body front side 908,and flexible handle 938. As illustrated, the height 980 of carrier body901 is equal to or larger than the height 982 required to accommodatewine bottle 950. In other words, height 982 is greater than or equal toheight 948, and height 980 is greater than or equal to height 982.

Wine bottle carrier body 901 may be made of commonly used materials,including wood, plywood, cardboard including corrugated cardboard,expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid and semi-rigidplastics including corrugated plastic board and the like, withoutlimitation. Wine bottle carrier body 901 may also be illustrated ortextured or otherwise ornamented.

Here, extender 970 includes extender back side 972., extender left side974, extender front side 976, and extender right side 978. Extender 970in this example is sized to fit inside wine carrier body 901 and winecarrier lid 951. Extender 970 may be made of commonly used materials,including wood, plywood, cardboard including corrugated cardboard,expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, glass, and rigid and semi-rigidplastics including corrugated plastic board and the like, withoutlimitation. Extender 970 may also be painted, illustrated, textured, orotherwise decoratively ornamented,

In some examples, extender 970 can be fixedly coupled to wine bottlecarrier body 901 using an adhesive or tape. Extender 970 may also befixedly coupled to wine bottle carrier body 901 by connecting extender970 to flexible carrier 938.

As shown, extender 970, having height 984, when fitted within winebottle carrier body 901, can serve to extend the height of the interiorof the wine bottle carrier 900. In some examples, the additional heightcreated by extender 970 may allow the wine bottle carrier 900 toaccommodate a larger wine bottle. For example, fitting extender 970within wine bottle carrier body 901 may allow the wine bottle carrier toaccommodate a standard 740 ml bottle, whereas without extender 970, onlya half-bottle (375 ml) could be accommodated. Wine bottle carrier body901 may be fitted a wide selection of extenders so as to accommodate awide selection of wine bottle sizes.

In some examples, the additional height created by extender 970 maycreate a substantially empty space above the wine bottle. The emptyspace in some examples can be used to hold aesthetic ornamentalmaterial, such as colored tissue paper or ribbons or bows or flowers,without limitation. The empty space in some examples can be used to holdfunctional material, such as padding, an ice pack, or insulatingmaterial, without limitation. The empty space in some examples can beused to hold wine accessories, including, for example, a wine glass, afoil cutter, .a corkscrew, and a cork, without

Here, wine bottle carrier lid 951 is similar to wine bottle carrier lid400 (FIG. 4) and includes carrier lid left side 952, carrier lid backside 954, carrier lid right side 956, carrier lid front side 958,carrier lid left tab 962, carrier lid right tab 964, carrier lid backtab 966, carrier lid insert tab 968, and ornament 940.. As illustrated,height 986 of wine bottle carrier lid 951 is less than or equal toheight 984 of extender 970, such that, when wine bottle carrier 900 isassembled, the bottom of wine bottle carrier lid 951 is substantiallyflush with the top of wine bottle carrier body 901, In other examples,height 986 of wine bottle carrier lid 951 may be shorter.

Extender 970, wine bottle carrier body 901 and wine bottle carrier lid951 may be made of commonly used materials, including wood, plywood,cardboard including corrugated cardboard, expanded polystyrene,polyurethane, glass, and rigid and semi-rigid plastics includingcorrugated plastic board and the like, without limitation. Extender 970,wine bottle carrier body 901 and wine bottle carrier lid 951 may also beillustrated or textured or otherwise ornamented

FIG. 10 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary wine bottlecarrier tall enough to accommodate a wine bottle as well as an aestheticadornment or functional accessory. Here, wine bottle carrier 1000 istall enough to accommodate wine bottle 1050, and includes wine bottlecarrier body 1001 and wine bottle carrier lid 1051. Here, wine bottlecarrier body 1001 is similar to wine bottle carrier body 200 (FIG. 2)and includes carrier body back side 1002, carrier body left side 1004,carrier body right side 1006, carrier body front side 1008, and flexiblehandle 1038. Here, wine bottle carrier lid 1051 is similar to winebottle carrier lid 400 (FIG. 4) and includes carrier lid left side 1052,carrier lid back side 1054, carrier lid right side 1056, carrier lidfront side 1058, and ornament 1040. As illustrated, the height 1080 ofcarrier body 1001 is large enough to accommodate wine bottle 1050 ofheight 1048 while leaving a substantially empty space above wine bottle1050. The empty space in some examples can be used to hold aestheticornamental material, such as colored tissue paper or ribbons or bows orflowers, without limitation. The empty space in some examples can beused to hold functional material, such as padding, an ice pack, orinsulating material, without limitation. The empty space in someexamples can be used to hold wine accessories, including, for example, awine glass, a foil cutter, a corkscrew, and a cork, without limitation.

Wine bottle carrier body 1001 and wine bottle carrier lid 1051 may bemade of commonly used materials, including wood, plywood, cardboardincluding corrugated cardboard, expanded polystyrene, polyurethane,glass, and rigid and semi-rigid plastics including corrugated plasticboard and the like, without limitation. Extender 1070, wine bottlecarrier body 1001 and wine bottle carrier lid 1051 may also be colored,painted, illustrated, textured, or otherwise ornamented.

FIG. 11 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary wine bottlecarrier fitted with an extender and tall enough to accommodate a winebottle as well as an aesthetic adornment or functional accessory. Here,wine bottle carrier 1100 includes wine bottle carrier body 1101, winebottle carrier lid 1151, and extender 1170. Here, wine bottle carrierbody 1101 is similar to wine bottle carrier body 200 (FIG. 2) andincludes carrier body back side 1102, carrier body left side 1104,carrier body right side 1106, carrier body front side 1108, and flexiblehandle 1138. As illustrated, extender 1170 is fitted inside wine bottlecarrier body 1101 and inside wine bottle carrier lid 1151. In someexamples, when the wine bottle carrier is assembled, wine bottle carrierlid 1151 rests atop extender 1170. If the wine bottle carrier lid 1151is taller than extender 1170, the assembled wine bottle carrier willhave a gap between the lid 1151 and the body 1101. As illustrated theheight of the gap is identified as 1184. The height of the gap willdepend on the relative heights of the wine bottle carrier lid 1151 andthe extender 1170. In some examples, extender 1170 may be fixedlycoupled to wine bottle carrier body 1101 using tape, staples, glue, orany adhesive material. The height of the interior space of the winebottle carrier 1100 will roughly equal the sum of the heights of the1180, 1184, and 1186, the heights of the lid 1151, the body 1101, andthe gap 1184, In some examples, the height of the interior space of thewine bottle carrier 1100, when assembled and holding wine bottle 1150,is larger than height 1149 of wine bottle 1150, allowing some interiorempty space above bottle 1150. The empty space in some examples can beused to hold aesthetic ornamental material, such as colored tissue paperor ribbons or bows or flowers, without limitation. The empty space insome examples can be used to hold functional material, such as padding,an ice pack, or insulating material, without limitation. The empty spacein some examples can be used to hold wine accessories, including, forexample, a wine glass, a foil cutter, a corkscrew, and a cork, withoutlimitation. In other examples, the height of the interior space of winebottle carrier 1100 does not create an empty space above bottle 1150.

Extender 1170, wine bottle carrier body 1101 and wine bottle carrier lid1151 may be made of commonly used materials, including wood, plywood,cardboard including corrugated cardboard, expanded polystyrene,polyurethane, glass, and rigid and semi-rigid plastics includingcorrugated plastic board and the like, without limitation. Extender1170, wine bottle carrier body 1101, and wine bottle carrier lid 1151may also be colored, painted, illustrated, textured, or otherwiseornamented.

What is claimed:
 1. A folding wine bottle carrier, comprising: a bodyblank and a lid blank; the body blank comprising a plurality ofsubstantially rectangular body sides, the plurality of body sides beinghinged along a plurality of body side fold tines; the body blank furthercomprising an auto-locking bottom comprising a plurality of bottomflaps, with each one of the plurality of bottom flaps corresponding toone of the plurality of body sides, wherein the body blank is capable ofbeing folded into a substantially flat form, and is capable of beingerected into a body form by applying a force to first and secondopposing sides of the body blank; and wherein the body blanksubstantially maintains the assembled form when carrying a wine bottle;and returns to a substantially flat form if the wine bottle is removed;the lid blank comprising a plurality of substantially rectangular lidsides, each of the plurality of lid sides corresponding to the one ofthe plurality of body sides, each of the plurality of lid sides having awidth wider than the corresponding body side wall and a height less thanthe height of the corresponding body side wall; the lid blank furthercomprising first and second side flaps hinged to first and secondopposing lid sides along first and second lid flap fold lines, the lidblank further comprising a cover flap hinged to one of the plurality oflid sides and configured to substantially enclose the lid when foldedinward; and wherein the lid blank is capable of being substantiallyflat, and is capable of being erected into a lid by applying a force tofirst and second edges attic lid blank to urge the lid sides to assume afinal form, folding inward the plurality of opposing lid sides along aplurality of lid side wall fold lines, and substantially enclosing thelid by folding inward the lid cover flap along the first and second lidflap fold lines. The folding wine bottle carrier of claim 1, wherein thewine bottle carrier is assembled into a final form by sliding the lidover the body to create a substantially snug enclosure.
 3. The foldingwine bottle carrier of claim 1, wherein the cover has a substantiallysquare shape, the body blank comprises four body sides and the lid blankcomprises four lid sides.
 4. The folding wine bottle carrier of claim I.wherein the cover has a substantially hexagonal shape, the body blankcomprises six body sides and the lid blank comprises six lid sides. 5.The folding wine bottle carrier of claim 1, wherein the cover has asubstantially octagonal shape, the body blank comprises eight body sidesand the lid blank comprises eight lid sides.
 6. The folding wine bottlecarrier of claim 1, wherein the body blank and the lid blank compriseseparate substantially rigid materials.
 7. The folding wine bottlecarrier of claim 1, wherein the body blank and the lid blank aresubstantially attached to each other during fabrication, and are capableof being erected into a final body form and a final lid form.
 8. Thefolding wine bottle carrier of claim 1, wherein the body blank and thelid blank are made with a plastic material.
 9. The folding wine bottlecarrier of claim 1, wherein the body blank and the lid blank are madewith a cardboard material.
 10. The folding wine bottle carrier of claim1, further comprising an ornament affixed to the lid blank and orientedto adorn the lid cover flap.
 11. The folding wine bottle carrier ofclaim 10, wherein the ornament comprises a bow connected to a ribbon,the ribbon being tied around the lid cover flap.